Edward Vivian Bobb

Edward Vivian Bobb

Country (sports)	India
Born	27 July 1902 Agra, India
Died	1974 (age 72) Bombay, India
Turned pro	1921 (amateur tour)
Retired	1940
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career titles	21
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	2R (1928)

Edward Vivian Bobb (27 July 1902 – 1974) also known as E.V. Bobb^[1] was an Indian tennis player who competed at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships.^[2] He was active from 1921 to 1940 and won 21 career singles titles.

Bobb played his first tournament at the 1921 All India Championships where he reached the final and secured his first singles title. He would go onto win five more national championships from 1926 to 1927, 1930, 1933 and 1937. Bobb was particularly successful during the 1930s in India.^[3] In major tournaments he took part one time at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships where he reached the second round before losing to the American player Wilbur Coen in straight sets. That year he also played in Italy where he reached the final of the TC Juventus Torino Championship in Turin on clay, before losing to Mohammed Sleem in straight sets.

His other career singles highlights included winning multiple titles at the Western India Championships three times (1934, 1939–1940), the Bombay Presidency Hard Court Championships four times (1934-1935, 1938, 1940). He won the Indian International Championships in 1929 and was a finalist in 1933. He played his final tournament at the 1940 Western India Championships.

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.[4]	1921	All India Championships	Allahabad	Grass	Mohammed Sleem	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2.[5]	1926	All India Championships	Allahabad	Grass	Sri-Krishna Prasada	6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	3.[6]	1927	Bengal Lawn Tennis Championships	Calcutta	Grass	Raghubir Dayal	9-7 8-6 6-2
Win	4.[7]	1927	All India Championships	Allahabad	Grass	Dip Narain Kapoor	5-7 7-5 8-6 6-3
Win	5.[8]	1929	India International Championships	Calcutta	Grass	Mohammed Sleem	3-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Win	6.	1930	All India Championships	Allahabad	Grass	Dip Narain Kapoor	6-4 5-7 6-3 6-2
Win	7.	1931	United Provinces Championships	Mussoorie	?	Eric Burn Andreae	6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3
Win	8.	1933	All India Championships	Allahabad	Grass	Sohan Lal	5-7 3-6 6-3 6-1 10-8
Win	9.	1933	North West India Championships	Karachi	Grass	Mr. Daryanani	6-4 6-1
Win	10.	1933	Bandra Open	Bandra	Clay	Janmeja Charanjiva	6-0 6-3
Win	11.[9]	1933	Parsi Gymkhana Open	Bombay	Clay	John Edward Tew	6-3 7-5
Win	12.[10]	1934.	Bombay Hard Court Championships	Bombay	Clay	Janmeja Charanjiva	5-7 7-5 6-0
Win	13.	1934	Western India Championships	Bombay	Clay	John Edward Tew	7-5 7-5
Win	14.[11]	1935	Bombay Hard Court Championships	Bombay	Clay	A.C. Pereira	5-7 7-5 6-0
Win	15.[12]	1937	All India Championships	Allahabad	Grass	Dip Narain Kapoor	6-4 7-5 6-3
Win	16.[13]	1938	Parsi Gymkhana Open	Bombay	Clay	Bernard Thomas Blake	6-3 2-6 6-4
Win	17.	1938	Bombay Hard Court Championships	Bombay	Clay	Bernard Thomas Blake	9-7 2-6 6-3
Win	18.	1939	Western India Championships	Bombay	Clay	Syed Abdul Azim	3-6 6-1 6-3
Win	19.	1940	Bombay Suburban Open Championships	Bombay	Grass	L.R. Pereira	7-5 6-2
Win	20.	1940	Bombay Hard Court Championships	Bombay	Clay	Rasi Kumarasinhji	6-4 6-3
Win	21.	1940	Western India Championships	Bombay	Clay	Syed Abdul Azim	2-6 6-1 6-2

During World War II, Bobb joined the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve and served as a Paymaster Lieutenant in May 1939.^[14] He rose to the rank of Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander in June 1947.

Bobb married Lorna Lois Williamson (b. 27 February 1909) in 1931.

• Wimbledon E. V. Bobb – official player profile